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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Sissy

I think it was three years ago I got an email from
someone who wanted to use one of my patterns to make a quilt to raffle off for
Relay.Of course I gave her permission
but had to ask more.Where was she,
which Relay, etc.I really don’t think
she ever answered my questions at first, but a few months later she sent me an
email telling me they had raised a lot, I forget how much but remember I was
impressed, and told me a little bit about herself.She’d been quilting as long as I had, loved
purple and had done Relay since it started in her area of California.

After her event was over she emailed me all about it, and
then we started an email conversation about quilting and Relay.She would email me questions off and on
throughout the year, and before I knew it she was looking for another pattern
to buy to make another quilt for Relay.

Last year her team raised over $14,000 and the quilt had
raised almost half of it… I was impressed again.

One Monday morning in my spam mail I found one with the
subject News about Sissy.It was from
one of her teammates telling me that Sissy had passed away from a cancer
related ailment.

In all of our email conversations Sissy never said she
was a survivor, or that her cancer had come back and she was once again
fighting hard.She never told me she was
Relaying for herself, but that she was Relaying for friends and family members who
were fighting and who had lost their battle.

I sent a note back to the teammate and thanked her for
letting me know.She replied “Sissy will
be missed by many, a family of six children, five grown up and starting their
own families, and one who will graduate from college in May, her teammates and
her quilting pals and so many more”

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About Me

Old and getting older some days, yet going back to my youth others. Life is good.
Wife of John, 47 wonderful years now
Mom to Jonathon and Michael, Mother-in-law to Steph and Kelly, and Mimi to one very special little guy!
Quilter for 45 years, I live and breathe quilting, but alternate breaths are taken for Relay For Life, a passion of mine for over 20 years now.
Photographer for as long as I can remember.

Yes, you can email me if you want to... my email address is quiltersretreat at hotmail dot com